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Auteur(s) : Lessig, Lawrence (1961-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Fidelity & constraint [Texte imprimé] : how the Supreme Court has read the American constitution / Lawrence Lessig

Publication : New York : Oxford university press, copyright 2019

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii, 581 pages) : ill. ; 25 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"The fundamental fact about our Constitution is that it is old--the oldest written constitution in the world. The fundamental challenge for interpreters of the Constitution is how to read that old document over time. In Fidelity & Constraint, legal scholar Lawrence Lessig explains that one of the most basic approaches to interpreting the constitution is the process of translation. Indeed, some of the most significant shifts in constitutional doctrine are products of the evolution over time of the translation process. In every new era, judges understand their translations as instances of "interpretive fidelity," framed within each new temporal context. Yet, as Lessig also argues, there is a repeatedly occurring countermove that upends the process of translation. Throughout American history, there has been a second fidelity in addition to interpretive fidelity: what Lessig calls "fidelity to role." In each of the cycles of translation that he describes, the role of the judge--the ultimate translator--has evolved too. Old ways of interpreting the text now become illegitimate because they do not match up with the judge's perceived role. And when that conflict occurs, the practice of judges within our tradition has been to follow the guidance of a fidelity to role. Ultimately, Lessig not only shows us how important the concept of translation is to constitutional interpretation, but also exposes the institutional limits on this practice. The first work of both constitutional and foundational theory by one of America's leading legal minds, Fidelity & Constraint maps strategies that both help judges understand the fundamental conflict at the heart of interpretation whenever it arises and work around the limits it inevitably creates."

Autre(s) forme(s) du titre : 
- Autre forme du titre : Fidelity and constraint

Sujet(s) : Droit constitutionnel -- États-Unis  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Droit -- Interprétation -- États-Unis  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Etats-Unis. Supreme court  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  342.73 (23e éd.) = Droit constitutionnel et administratif - États-Unis  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190945664. - ISBN 0190945664. - ISBN 9780190932572 (erroné) (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47070356b

Notice n° :  FRBNF47070356 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Text and context -- Framing readings -- ; Translation -- ; Federalism I -- ; Due process -- ; Retreat -- ; Interlude -- ; Accounting for retreat -- ; Federalism II -- ; Immunity -- ; Usable tools -- ; Elements of translation -- ; Brooding omnipresences -- ; The executive -- ; Privacy I -- ; Equality I -- ; Equality II -- ; Sex equality -- ; Privacy II -- ; Equality meets privacy -- ; Ackerman's accounting -- ; Justifying fidelities.